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Croatia

Law enforcement services in Croatia are provided by the General Police Directorate (GPD) which is part of the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry is staffed by about 26,000 men and women, including the 20,000 officers who make up the national police force. The GPD is headquartered in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

In addition to the GPD, 20 police districts are directly responsible for security and crime fighting in their respective localities.

INTERPOL Zagreb

Staffed by seven men and women, Croatia’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau is part of the GPD’s International Police Cooperation Department. INTERPOL Zagreb is the essential platform for all complex police investigations involving Croatian citizens abroad, or crimes of an international nature committed on Croatian soil.

LYON, France – Counterfeit goods worth nearly USD 1 million have been seized in a series of interventions across Eastern Europe as part of INTERPOL’s Operation White Mercury.Involving seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – the operation also resulted in the ident...

LYON, France – During a visit today to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters, General Police Director of Croatia, Vlado Dominić, reinforced his country’s commitment to international police cooperation, in particular through the enhanced use of INTERPOL’s global tools and networks to protect Croatia’s and the European Union’s borders.With Croatia one...

LYON, France – A Dutch national suspected of murder in Belgium and wanted as part of an INTERPOL operation targeting fugitives worldwide has been arrested by police in Croatia, following a tip-off from a member of the public in Ireland.Morgan Schreurs, who is accused of killing a woman he met in a bar in November 1999, is one of the targets highlighted as...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An INTERPOL operation targeting 207 internationally-wanted fugitives wanted for serious crimes including murder, kidnapping, organized crime and child sexual abuse believed to be hiding in South America has led to arrests across the continent and new investigative leads established for almost a quarter.Investigative leads develop...

LYON, France – The arrest by the Australian Federal Police of a war crimes suspect wanted by Croatia and subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice, or international wanted persons notice, has been welcomed by the world’s police body.Dragan Vasiljkovic, aged 55, disappeared in March after the Australian High Court approved his extradition for trial to Croatia to f...

ZAGREB, Croatia – INTERPOL today offered its full backing and support to a multi-country operation led by Croatia to protect and help foreign tourists from criminality and offer enhanced protection from transnational criminals and terrorists.The backing from INTERPOL follows a series of meetings in Zagreb today between Tomislav&nbsp;Karamarko, Croatia’s M...

LYON, France – INTERPOL today underlined its commitment to assisting Croatian and Australian investigators following DNA confirmation that the body of a young woman found off the Dubrovnik coast was that of missing Australian backpacker, Britt Lapthorne.Staff at the 24-hour Command and Co-ordination Centre at the General Secretariat in Lyon remain in cons...

LYON, France – INTERPOL today commended the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for its proactive and professional investigation into the disappearance of an Australian backpacker who went missing from Croatia in September.Through the National Central Bureau (NCB) in Canberra, the AFP has provided the National Central Bureau in Croatia with vital background a...

LYON, France – Officers in Croatia, Australia and at the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France, are working closely together following the disappearance of an Australian backpacker.Britt Lapthorne, aged 21, went missing after she left a nightclub in Dubrovnik in the early hours of Thursday 18 September.INTERPOL has issued a Yellow Notice – a global...

A check against INTERPOL’s databases by a police officer patrolling a motorway in Croatia has led to the arrest of a man and the recovery of a car just four days after it was stolen in France.The officer conducted the search via a mobile unit in his police car after becoming suspicious about a Bentley convertible being driven along the Zagreb-Split motorw...

ZAGREB – Police throughout Croatia will be the first in the world to have direct access to INTERPOL’s databases via mobile phones and laptops.Technical solutions developed by Croatian authorities and the INTERPOL General Secretariat mean that any law enforcement officer anywhere in the country will be able to instantly verify a person’s identity, their tr...